setSimulWeatherLayers: Difference between revisions

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Description:: Sets number of simul weather layers, affects quality of simul weather clouds.
Problems:: Prior to Arma 3 v2.20 the effect of this command seems to be persistent across the game instance, e.g. restarting a mission will not reset it.
Groups:: Environment

Syntax:: setSimulWeatherLayers layers
Parameters:: layers: Number - cloud layers. -1 to reset to defaults (since 2.20), 0 to disable simul weather.
Return Value:: Nothing

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Sa-Matra - c: Posted on Aug 01, 2022 - 12:09 (UTC)
: You can revert clouds back to volumetric ones by executing this script:
private _display_menu = findDisplay 46 createDisplay "RscDisplayInterrupt"; // ESC menu ctrlActivate (_display_menu displayCtrl 301); // Pressing "Video" button ctrlActivate (findDisplay 5 displayCtrl 2); // Pressing "Cancel" in Video menu _display_menu closeDisplay 2; // Closing ESC menu
Pressing "Cancel" button in Video menu makes engine re-init the clouds, reverting results of this command. Make sure its in unscheduled environment, otherwise players might see flashing menu and you'll have a serialization error message.

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 |descr= Sets number of simul weather layers, affects quality of simul weather clouds.
-|pr= The effect of this command seems to be persistent across the game instance, e.g. restarting a missing will not reset it.
+|pr= Prior to Arma 3 v2.20 the effect of this command seems to be persistent across the game instance, e.g. restarting a mission will not reset it.
 |s1= [[setSimulWeatherLayers]] layers
-|p1= layers: [[Number]]
+|p1= layers: [[Number]] - cloud layers. -1 to reset to defaults (since 2.20), 0 to disable simul weather.
 |r1= [[Nothing]]
-|x1= <code>[[setSimulWeatherLayers]] 0; {{cc|Very flat clouds}}</code>
+|x1= <sqf>setSimulWeatherLayers 0; // Very flat clouds</sqf>
 |seealso= [[simulCloudDensity]] [[simulCloudOcclusion]] [[simulInClouds]]
+}}
+{{Note
+|user= Sa-Matra
+|timestamp= 20220801120941
+|text= You can revert clouds back to volumetric ones by executing this script:
+<sqf>
+private _display_menu = findDisplay 46 createDisplay "RscDisplayInterrupt"; // ESC menu
+ctrlActivate (_display_menu displayCtrl 301); // Pressing "Video" button
+ctrlActivate (findDisplay 5 displayCtrl 2); // Pressing "Cancel" in Video menu
+_display_menu closeDisplay 2; // Closing ESC menu
+</sqf>
+Pressing "Cancel" button in Video menu makes engine re-init the clouds, reverting results of this command. Make sure its in unscheduled environment, otherwise players might see flashing menu and you'll have a serialization error message.
 }}